Frankfurt

„Fraa Rauscher“

And, did you know that there are even more cities with that name in the USA? You’ll find them in Kentucky, Illinois, New York, Kansas, Michigan, Ohio and South Dakota. Even in the UK and South Africa, there are places with the name of Frankfurt.

However, no other Frankfurt in the world is as lived and enjoyed as our Frankfurt am Main. This is a livable and lovable city which is not boring at all!
This is the only Frankfurt consuming „Ebbelwoi“ (apple cider). Therefore, only here you can hear the bizarre story of „Fraa Rauscher,“ that goes back to the year 1866.

„Rauscher“ means „fermenting cider“, the transition from juice to wine. The fermenting cider is not only known because it ferments in the glass, but also because it causes a massive diarrhea, when consumed excessively.

Whether Frau Rauscher, our heroin, was really named that way is unknown.

The fact is, that one Sunday evening Frau Rauscher was found with a bump on her head, lying on Klappergasse Street, with people around her making fun of her disgrace. An enthusiastic Prussian policeman started investigating this and ask her whether the bump had been caused by his husband or if the excessive consumption of the Frankfurter drink „Ebbelwoi“ had led to a certain dizziness, deriving thus in the lump.

For the amusement of the population, the police provided a report regarding this incident, which was issued the next day in the Frankfurter newspapers.

By the way, since 1961, people can visit the monument of „Fraa Rauscher,“ a statue that spits water at random intervals in the direction of tourists or people passing by. This statue is located in „Dribbebach“, in the neighborhood of Sachsenhausen, south of the Main river, at Klappergasse 8, 60594, in Frankfurt.

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